The Crane Pool Forum

Cast your ballot NOW!!!! for The Crane Pool Forum 2024 Mookie Wilson Award for Outstanding Mets Baserunner.

Batting can only get you so far, damn it! In 2024, as always, you need the wheels, instincts, good sense, balance, and overall athleticism to circle the bases like a big leaguer, and it's up to YOU to decide which Mets did it best.

Here's a blank ballot for you to copy and paste and type in ten best Mets in the category of baserunning adeptness as displayed in 2024.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)

If you ran the bases — even if you just stood on the bases like a dope (for it is up to you to judge the value these efforts) — for the 2024 Mets, you're eligible for a ballot appearance, and those who so qualify are listed below:

• Luisangel Acuña
• Pete Alonso
• Eddy Alvarez
• Francisco Alvarez
• Harrison Bader
• Brett Baty
• Ben Gamel
• José Iglesias
• Francisco Lindor
• Starling Marte
• J.D. Martinez
• Jeff McNeil
• Omar Narváez
• Tomás Nido
• Brandon Nimmo
• Zack Short
• DJ Stewart
• Tyrone Taylor
• Luis Torrens
• Mark Vientos
• Joey Wendle
• Jesse Winker

It's about stealing, sliding, streaking, taking extra bases, not making outs on the basepaths, beating the throw, disrupting the pitcher, and successfully attaining bases with your feet. That sort of thing.

Voting will remain open for one calendar week, or until the bones of John Wilkes Booth are appointed to run the NEA. Who can tell with these things? I can't.

1) Harrison Bader
2) Tyrone Taylor
3) Starling Marte
4) Francisco Lindor
5) Brandon Nimmo
6) Jeff McNeil
7) Jose Iglesias
8) Eddy Alvarez
9) Zack Short
10) Pablo Reyes

Yeah! The votes are pouring in from all precincts now!

Well none of them ran the bases backwards from home to third to second to first so I'd say it's a 19 way tie.

I wish we had real baseball to discuss right now.

I wasn't watching closely enough (or often enough) to be able to rank the players by baserunning.

Fman99 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2024 2:37 pm Well none of them ran the bases backwards from home to third to second to first so I'd say it's a 19 way tie.

I wish we had real baseball to discuss right now.

IT IS REAL BASEBALL!

For reference. Not suggesting that SB's are the sole measure of good baserunning.

Mets Stolen Base Leaders

1. Lindor - 29 (4 CS)
2. Bader - 17 (8 CS)
3. Marte - 16 (1 CS)
4. Nimmo - 15 (0 CS!!!)
5. Taylor - 11 (2 CS)
6. Iglesias - 6 (2 CS)
7. McNeil - 5 (1 CS)
8. Alonso - 3 (0 CS)
9. Alvarez - 1 (1 CS)
9. Gamel - 1 (0 CS)
9. Stewart - 1 (0 CS)
9. Wendle - 1 (0 CS)
12 Acuna - 0 (1 CS)

Ranking.

1) Nimmo
2) Marte
3) Lindor
4) Taylor
5) Bader
6) McNeil
7) Iglesias
8) Alonso
9) Winker
10) Eddy Alvarez

Francisco Lindor
Tyrone Taylor
Brandon Nimmo
Harrison Bader
José Iglesias
Starling Marte
Luisangel Acuña
Jeff McNeil
Francisco Alvarez
Mark Vientos

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2024 5:02 pm

Fman99 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2024 2:37 pm Well none of them ran the bases backwards from home to third to second to first so I'd say it's a 19 way tie.

I wish we had real baseball to discuss right now.

IT IS REAL BASEBALL!

It's real baseball the same way that fake tits are also real tits.

I'm voting for Jimmie Piersall